Foldable checking table



1,638,805 w. J. HAUsMAN FOLDABLE crwcxme TABLE Filed Nov. 25. 1921 Q-Qkxim, fr l m.

Aug. 9, 1927.

Patented ug. 9, 1927.

WALTER J. HAUSMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FOLDABLE CHECKING TABLE.

Application led vNovember 25, 1921. Serial No. 517,497.

This invention relates to an improvement in foldable tables and has foi'its primary object the purpose of providing a working surface, or top,that can be readily located adjacent an oitice working machine, in whichthe approximate space required for the occupancy of the machine can alsobe used for the occupancy of this improved working surface, or table.

Another ob] ect of the invention is to provide an improved checkingtable, which is adapted to be demountably arranged over a bookkeepingmachine, or the like.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear in thespecification and be speciiically pointed out in the appended claims,iefereiice being had. to the accompanying drawings exemplifying theinvention, and in which .l l

Figure 1 is a side elevation of -this improved table, showing itsproximity to a bookkeeing or writing machine.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view on a reduced scale of a 'portion of thetable top, showing the check receiving tills.

rlhis improved table is comprised of a pair of opposing uprights 1, eachhaving a forwardly extending shoe or iioor engaging portion 2, each ofsaid uprights being secured in position on the floor by a lag screw 3.

A horizontally arranged member 4 is provided for tying said uprightstogether and extending from said member 4 to a respective upright is adiagonally disposed brace 5, and vertically extending fromsaid member 4is a buffer member o.

Borne by each of said uprights 1, at their upper ends, is a horizontallyextended stubshaft 7 each supporting a roller 8 and pivoted at 9 to eachupright adjacent its lower end is one end of supporting lever 10.

For co-operat-ion with the rollers 8 is a table-top 11, said table-topbeing supported at its forward end by the upper ends of the levers 10,which are pivotally secured at 12 to respective braciets 13, saidbrackets being borne by said table-top.

rlhe table-top 11 is comprised of a plurality of transversally arrangedsections 14, which are hinged to one another by hinges 15, each of saidsections being provided with a series of tills 16, as shown in Figs. 1and 3,

l-lorizontally supported between the iiprights 1, is a stationary heldshaft 17 and turnable on said shaft adjacent each upright, is a rockerarm 18, and engaging each rocker arm is one end of a coil spring 19, theopposite end of each of said coil springs being secured to a respectivecollar 20, said springs being mounted on the shaft 17.

As already set forth in the object of this invention, the primary intentthereof is to provide a working surface, or table, which may be used inconjunction with an olice working machine', and when the table is not inuse the working surface, thereof, can be quickly disinounted or foldedto a position wherein it will be out of the way, the table whenin useonly occupying a space above the machine.

As shown in Fig. 1, the table-topll is extended above a bookkeepingmachine A, the supporting uprights 1, of the table-top being locatedbetween the machine and the wall B. In this extended position thetable-top 11, containing the tills 16 in the sections 14 thereof, may beused for the sorting of checks and the like, such a use of said tabletoponly being at intervals and in which the space occupied thereby is notinexcess of that occupied by the bookkeeping machine.

When it is desired to move the table-top 11 to an inoperative position,the handle 21 thereof is engaged and rearward pressure is brought tobear against said table-top thereby causing the levers 10 to swing upontheir respective pivots 9 and the rear section 14 of said table-top willbe forced to travel on the peripheries of the rollers 8 until saidsection assumes the position shown in dotted lines C in Fig. 1, suchposition being assumed on account of the adjacent hinge 15 allowing saidsection C to swing downwardly.

Further rearward movement of the tabletop 11 will cause the middlesection 14 thereof to assume the position as designated at C, as ittends to assume a vertical posi-l tion succeedingly to the rcarmostsection 14 and incidentally the lasty and forward section of section 14will pass over the rollers 8 and assume the position designated at D,wherein all of the sections will be vertically depended rearwardly ofthe uprights 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

After the irst impulse of rearward movement applied to the table-top 11,the springs 19 became effective on the rocker arms 18, thereby resistingthe rearward movement and inasmuch as such rearward movement lli) willbe carried on With rapidity, the rear and lowermost section 14; of thetable-top ll, will engage the buii'er member` 6.

This rearward folding or demounted position of the table-top ll placessaid table-top entirely out of the Way so that an operator can readilymanipulate the bookkeeping machine A, and when it is desired to againuse the table-top, the pulling forward thereof upon engagement or' thehandle 2l, Will cause the sections i4 of the table-top to engage andtraverse the rollers S said sections being guided in their positions ofengagement With said rollers by the levers 10 and in Whiclrthe springs19 Will assist the forward mov-ement of the table-top.

The extending end of each rocker arm 18 is pivotally secured at 22 to abracket 23, said brackets being carried by the under side of thetablestop ll.

What I claim is l. A table having a sectional top, a support forupholding one end of said top secured adjacent said end, a m-emberswingable from said support extending to and supporting` the oppositeend oi' said top7 said top' adapted to be travelled over said support,and means forming part of said top for preventing' said top fromcollapsing- When said top is being` upheld by said support and saidswingable member.

2. A supplem-ental table comprising a seetional top, a support locatedat one end of said top', a lever extending Jfrom each side of saidsupport to the opposite end of said top, said sections being hingedtogether on their undersides and each being provided with a series oftills having vertically eX- tending Walls7 said sections of said topadapted to have th-e vertical Walls of the tills thereof abut when thetop is mounted for use so as to provide a self sustaining rigidstructure, and a pair of rocker arms extended from said support to theintermediate one ot said sections.

3. A table having a sectional top in which the sections thereof extendlongitudinally and are swingably secured to one another, each of saidsections bearing a series of tills, a support located adjacent one endof said top tor upholding` said end, a guiding link connected to saidtop and said support, a member swingable from said support eX- tendingto and supporting the opposite end ot said top, said member when movedtowards said support adapted to guide the ond of the top which itsupports over said support, said tills of each of said sections adaptedto abut the tills of an adjacent section and provide a self sustainingtop, and resilient means co-operable With said link.

VALTER J. HAUSMAN.

